How The Boston Globe is covering the Boston Marathon bombing trial
When Laura Amico started at The Boston Globe this summer, she knew one of her…
March 8, 2015
Homicide Watch
Homicide Watch seeks local owner for D.C. site
Homicide Watch Days after the founders of Homicide Watch D.C. announced they were closing the…
November 17, 2014
Homicide Watch D.C. to close
Homicide Watch D.C., the website dedicated to tracking every killing in the nation's capital, will…
November 5, 2014
Crime coverage in Chicago may be too good
Chicago is widely known as “Chiraq” or the “murder capital” even though its murder rate…
September 5, 2014
Future of Homicide Watch D.C. uncertain as Amico joins Boston Globe
In 2012, Laura Amico got a call that changed a lot of things -- her…
July 31, 2014
Creating new forms of journalism that put readers in charge
It’s been 20 years since the Internet began to disrupt journalism. It has turned our…
February 28, 2014
For 7 years, L.A. Times’ Homicide Report has wrested stories from grim data
We've heard a lot about Chris and Laura Amico's Homicide Watch – and for good…
February 20, 2014
Homicide Watch reaches fundraising goal, but how viable is its business model long-term?
Homicide Watch | Kickstarter | New York Times With just three days left in its…
September 10, 2012
Homicide Watch faces uncertain future, established news beats as databases
Homicide Watch | Kickstarter | Nieman Lab Homicide Watch, the news startup that tracks homicide…
August 15, 2012
Clay Shirky: Washington Post should emulate Homicide Watch D.C.
Clay Shirky: Washington Post should emulate Homicide Watch D.C. "Homicide Watch provides far broader crime…
May 31, 2012
5 provocative ideas sparked by women in media
As 2012 gets moving, I thought I'd be the very last person to list some…
January 24, 2012
Homicide Watch D.C. uses clues in site search queries to ID homicide victim
One Reporter's Notebook Laura Amico, editor of Homicide Watch D.C., describes how she used site…
October 12, 2011
Police reporter aims to blog every murder in Washington, D.C.
Washington Post Laura Norton Amico's mission: "Mark every death. Remember every victim. Follow every case."…
January 19, 2011